MSI Leopard or Asus Rog?

Skankie · 24 Jul 2017 at 23:49

Hi everyone. Been having some difficulty choosing a new laptop to play World of Warcraft and other games on, and most of you will have a more knowledge based opinion than me - so I'm putting it to the pros!

I'm moving in with gf so not enough room for my computer, 2 desks and 3 screens. Regrettably having to downsize to a laptop. I only have a budget of around £1000 (€1150 / $1300) but could stretch it slightly if it meant a big difference. Apart from the technical specs it's important to me that the keyboard is good quality and comfortable after being used to having a very large mechanical switch keyboard. I also prefer 17.3" screen as I hate the smaller interface on wow on smaller screens and am used to playing on 24" monitors.

80% of the time I'll be playing wow, so I know both of these will be fine running it on ultra, but 20% of the time I'll be playing more intensive games like R6 Siege, Destiny 2, etc.

Please comment on what you feel will be better suited to me, or even if there is an alternative for similar price that's available in the U.K. I don't know how good the screens are on either of these as many websites tend not to even mention if they are IPS, LCD or LED screens.

Here are the options:

MSI Leopard GP72 7RD-015 UK 17.3"

i7-7700hq 2.8ghz processor
Nvidia gtx 1050 2gb graphics
16 gb ram
1tb + 128gb ssd memory

+/- : good processor but only 2gb graphics

Asus ROG GL753VD 17.3"

i5-7300hq 2.5ghz
Nvidia gtx 1050 4gb graphics
12gb ram
1tb + 128gb ssd memory

+/-: older processor but full 4gb graphics card.

Thanks so much in advance for any opinions or alternatives you can suggest!

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Skankie · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:42

Game Gods said:
Sorry to hear you have to downgrade to a laptop, but the choices you made aren't bad.

I will however say that if you're looking at the ASUS ROG though, I've got the G752VS (unboxing here: https://youtu.be/HnOzlJU2xzA). It's a complete beast, and is absolutely amazing. Runs an i7 processor, and it's got the GTX 1070 instead of the 1050.

I'm not gonna mention the price though, but what I will say is that if you can't upgrade back to your desktop set up anytime soon, future proofing yourself with a really good laptop will serve you much better.

Skankie · 26 Jul 2017 at 08:46

Thanks for the reply, not sure I can stretch to that though! I've had bad experiences with laptops before only lasting a couple of years or so because of build quality so I'm not overly worried about future proofing for the next 5+ years. Out of the 2 that I've been looking at, what would you say is a better option for higher intensity games?

Skankie · 26 Jul 2017 at 10:18

MiSJAH said:
Anything but MSI. See link in sig as to why?

Thanks for the tip. I see you shop a lot on OC, what's your opinion on Gigabyte Sabre? I've seen this one :

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/giga...-intel-i7-7700hq-gaming-laptop-lt-08f-gi.html

Seems to have the best of all specs that I can expect to find at a reasonable of £1099, being 17.3", 1050ti 4gb, i7-7700hq, IPS screen etc. But don't see these laptops anywhere else. I'm a noob please excuse me!

Skankie · 26 Jul 2017 at 11:16

MiSJAH said:
I love ocuk. It's my mainstay for tech.

Gigabyte/AORUS make fantastic notebooks. And UK support is above the rest - @Atom80 is gigabyte rep on these forums.

Have a chat with Atom80 and see what he recommends for your budget.

Excellent thank you, I'm perfectly happy to shop for 'lesser known' brands providing the build quality and support is good. I'm presuming that since you tagged him he should see this thread? If not I'll try to find a way to contact directly. It's a little hard navigating forums on my phone as I'm currently running off a wifi connection powered by hamsters on vacation in China.